subs. (old).—A dolt; a fool: see BUFFLE and CABBAGE-HEAD.
1614. JONSON, Bartholomew Fair, s.v.
1673. S. PARKER, A Reproof to the Rehearsal Transprosed, p. 85. Take heart NUMPS! here is not a word of the Stocks.
subs. (old).—A dolt; a fool: see BUFFLE and CABBAGE-HEAD.
1614. JONSON, Bartholomew Fair, s.v.
1673. S. PARKER, A Reproof to the Rehearsal Transprosed, p. 85. Take heart NUMPS! here is not a word of the Stocks.
